Asteraceae FAMILY

Crepis tectorum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Crepis tectorum is an annual to biennial plant producing a basal rosette of leaves and usually a single flowering stem; it can grow around 12 - 90cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeThroughout Europe (excluding Iberia); through central and northern Asia to the Russian Far East and eastern China

HabitatRocky and sandy ground by rivers and the sea[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Forest margins, grassland in valleys, fields and wastelands; at elevations from 900 - 1,800 metres in N. China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].